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Performance for Development.

The chart at lower left shows the relative utility of each technology, while the chart at lower right shows the projected difficulty in developing them (which relates to cost). Dividing utility by difficulty (or benefit by cost) yields the return-on-investment data illustrated in the top chart.



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